• 010 - Decarbonizing Industrial Heat
    Oct 29 2024

    James Macnaghten, CEO of Caldera and inventor of many thermal energy storage patents, speaks with Ravi and JAM on decarbonizing industrial heat to drastically reduce global CO2 emissions. We already have technology to address a big piece of this Market and we shouldn't miss taking these low-hanging fruits.

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    23 mins
  • 009 - Are Interconnections Enough? Exploring Reliable Alternatives for Energy Transition
    Oct 5 2024

    Kathryn Porter, an independent energy expert, speaks with Ravi and JAM about Power Grid Interconnections, their role in the Energy Transition, their impact on the price of local electricity, and the new criteria of some countries.

    Kathryn addresses why electricity costs are increasing with the Energy Transition and her expectations at the end of this decade.

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    27 mins
  • 008 - How Cheap is Renewable Energy really?
    Aug 6 2024

    Scott Hargreaves (Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs) speaks with Ravi and JAM about the hidden reality of renewables. Scott brings the last report of the IPA named "The Ruinous Cost of Free Energy" where they showed a perspective of the Australian Energy System.

    Not all that glitters is gold.


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    24 mins
  • 007 - ZELFRs, the Energy Unicorns
    Jun 25 2024

    Mike Caravaggio is the Director of the Thermal & Hydro Fleet at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). He talks with Ravi and JAM about the need to complete renewables with flexible & dispatchable energy. He explains what current technologies can do and what it really takes to get to Net Zero, not optimistic talking.

    The conversation ends with the landing of "ZELFRs", the Unicorns of the Energy Sector.

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    25 mins
  • 006 - The Tsunami of Negative Electricity Prices
    Jun 13 2024

    Emeric de Vigan, VP Power at Kpler, speaks with Ravi and JAM about Negative Prices of electricity in Europe.

    Why are they happening? Are they good or bad? Will they end in the consumers' bills?

    A very interesting conversation about one of the first big consequences of high renewable penetration. Pure Energy Trilemma...

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    22 mins
  • 005 - Required Energy Storage to make Net Zero happen
    May 16 2024
    Chris Bond is an Energy Industry Expert with +40 years of track record. He is now crunching data to evaluate how challenging achieving the Net Zero Scenarios is. He has analyzed regions well advanced in Energy Transition such as California, Texas, the UK, and Australia; the results are surprising. Ravi and JAM spoke with Chris to understand whether those electric systems' energy storage requirements are reasonable (and feasible).
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    25 mins
  • 004 - Risks & Opps from UE's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
    Apr 29 2024

    Maximo Miccinilli speaks with Ravi Krishnan and Jose A. Martinez "JAM" about the impacts of the new UE's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The UK has just announced its version of this regulation, mirroring the UE's model. Are you ready to address this new regulation that will affect everything outside and inside the UE?


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    27 mins
  • 003 - Deciphering Cannibalization of Electricity Prices
    Apr 12 2024

    Intermittent Renewables without energy storage are creating a Market where energy sources cannibalize each other with negative prices. Hydrogen could play a role in unlocking the Energy Trilemma. Thierry, an entrepreneur in the Energy Sector, a former executive in Engie, and author of the book "Hydrogen is the New Oil", helps us decipher this complex context.


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    28 mins